Chapter 75, 40 verses
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
Nay! I swear by the self - accusing soul.
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
وَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالنَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ
Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ
Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.
بَلَىٰ قَادِرِينَ عَلَىٰ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ
Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
But man desires to continue in sin.
بَلْ يُرِيدُ الْإِنسَانُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُ
He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
يَسْأَلُ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ
So when the sight becomes dazed,
So when vision is dazzled
فَإِذَا بَرِقَ الْبَصَرُ
And the moon becomes dark,
And the moon darkens
وَخَسَفَ الْقَمَرُ
And the sun and the moon are brought together,
And the sun and the moon are joined,
وَجُمِعَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ
By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
No! There is no refuge.
كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ
With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.
To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ
Man shall on that day be of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
Man will be that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ
Nay! man is evidence against himself,
Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
Though he puts forth his excuses.
Even if he presents his excuses.
وَلَوْ أَلْقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُ
Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
Move not your tongue with it, [O Muhammad], to hasten with recitation of the Qur'an.
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ
Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.
إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ
Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.
فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ
Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
Nay! But you love the present life,
No! But you love the immediate
كَلَّا بَلْ تُحِبُّونَ الْعَاجِلَةَ
And neglect the hereafter.
And leave the Hereafter.
وَتَذَرُونَ الْآخِرَةَ
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
Looking to their Lord.
Looking at their Lord.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَاسِرَةٌ
Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.
تَظُنُّ أَن يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌ
Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ
And it is said: Who will be a magician?
And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"
وَقِيلَ مَنْ ۜ رَاقٍ
And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
And affliction is combined with affliction;
And the leg is wound about the leg,
وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ
To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُ
So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
And the had not believed, nor had he prayed.
فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ
But called the truth a lie and turned back,
But [instead], he denied and turned away.
وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ
Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].
ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّىٰ
Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
Woe to you, and woe!
أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
Then woe to you, and woe!
ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰ
Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
Does man think that he will be left neglected?
أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى
Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?
أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ
Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]
ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
And made of him two mates, the male and the female.
فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ
Is not He able to give life to the dead?
Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?
أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ